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once the transition is over, the challenge will be for local governments particularly in the region we have focused on today in afghanistan and pakistan, to change the underlying conditions. there is also particularly in pakistan, once the coalition departs, there will not be a reason for this friday. i'm not sure the evidence is in on that, and i am wondering whether there has been any debate or discussion, adequate debate and discussion, within the countries concern. feel free to not answer that. i just wonder how those in the group wanted to provide their views. >> i am not sure what the discussions are. attacking the network is the most difficult challenge you have, understanding them and detecting vulnerabilities. it is credible, but it is the most difficult, but i am not sure what those discussions are in most other places. >> the second question. >> general, you did not mention dogs. apparently we are using dogs with the ammonium-based weapons. you need something to detect that is. talk about what we are doing with dogs, are there other chemical sensors you are working on sits t
once the transition is over, the challenge will be for local governments particularly in the region we have focused on today in afghanistan and pakistan, to change the underlying conditions. there is also particularly in pakistan, once the coalition departs, there will not be a reason for this friday. i'm not sure the evidence is in on that, and i am wondering whether there has been any debate or discussion, adequate debate and discussion, within the countries concern. feel free to not answer...
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this should be something that gets ferretted out at the local level. something that gets ferretted out at the state level, not the national level. look, there is only a couple of voices being heard here and it's tweedle dee and it's deeding dum. [cheers and applause] two weeks ago two candidates talking about who's going to spend more money on medicare when medicare's the system that you and i pay $30,000 into and get $100,000 benefit. it's a 3-1 what you pay in and what you get out. it's not sustainable. yet it's indicative of our federal government today which is on an institute, unsustainable path, the results of which are going to be a monetary collapse unless we actually bring this under control. and as a third party, i have been given the opportunity to make the case that's not being made by either of the two major candidates. >> thank you governor. [cheers and applause] >> a lot of people ask me why i would consent to do this. one, i like moderating and two, i like asking questions even though i didn't ask these questions, they were submitted. a
this should be something that gets ferretted out at the local level. something that gets ferretted out at the state level, not the national level. look, there is only a couple of voices being heard here and it's tweedle dee and it's deeding dum. [cheers and applause] two weeks ago two candidates talking about who's going to spend more money on medicare when medicare's the system that you and i pay $30,000 into and get $100,000 benefit. it's a 3-1 what you pay in and what you get out. it's not...
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that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tutor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are working, why or why not? >> i think it remains to be seen if race to the top works here in hawaii. it was my office that secured the $75 million we got. mark from my office it was lie son with the department of education and it was the stem, the robotics program that is the feds liked a lot. it does have the potential to work but it remains to be seen. >> as an immigrant to this country, i certainly understand the importance of education as a great equal lieser because otherwise i wouldn't be standing here today. so i have a commitment to make our public schools as
that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tutor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are working,...
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once we have got those paychecks in people's hands, they spent in the local economy, with businesses, that creates more demand, the businesses hire more people, and that helps the economy get going. in the short run, it is exactly the right thing to do and i was disappointed when scott brown and republicans blocked it. in the long run, there is another answer. that is how we create jobs for the future, and i believe the answer is we have to invest in the future. we have to make this a great place to grow jobs. the way i see that is we make those investments in education, roads, bridges, in water, power, in research, in the things that give us all of the energy going forward so that this is a good place to build jobs. i will put one little person in. you're in a great state in massachusetts, because massachusetts is on the cutting at of what we can do in new energy, in clean energy, and building innovation and tech. we're doing it in biotech. we're making the new advances for the rest of the country, for the rest of the world. we can invest it in massachusetts and we can build it in ma
once we have got those paychecks in people's hands, they spent in the local economy, with businesses, that creates more demand, the businesses hire more people, and that helps the economy get going. in the short run, it is exactly the right thing to do and i was disappointed when scott brown and republicans blocked it. in the long run, there is another answer. that is how we create jobs for the future, and i believe the answer is we have to invest in the future. we have to make this a great...
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let the states and localities do that. i was a governor. the federal government did not hire our teachers. but i want to get our private sector going, and i know how to do it. >> i think what all the teachers. javelin, thank you so much for a very vigorous debate. we've come to an end. it's time for closing statements. i believe you are first, mr. president. >> thank you very much, bob, governor romney, and to lynn university. you have now heard three debates, months of campaigning and way to many tv commercials. and now you've got a choice. you know, over the last four years we've made real progress digging our way out of policies that gave us two prolonged wars, record deficits and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and governor romney wants to take us back to the policies. a foreign policy that is wrong and reckless, economic policies that will not create jobs, will not reduce our deficit, but will make sure that folks at the very top don't have to play by the same rules that you do. and i've got a different vision for
let the states and localities do that. i was a governor. the federal government did not hire our teachers. but i want to get our private sector going, and i know how to do it. >> i think what all the teachers. javelin, thank you so much for a very vigorous debate. we've come to an end. it's time for closing statements. i believe you are first, mr. president. >> thank you very much, bob, governor romney, and to lynn university. you have now heard three debates, months of campaigning...
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if you are local automobile dealer trying to sell your cars, you really have a hard time getting your ads in. it's nonstop. so you see a positive ad for the president and then a - 1. and then the same for governor romney. -- a positive ad for the president and then a negative ad, and then the same for governor romney. it can get confusing. i'm sure voters are confused to some degree at. this at host: when you look at party registration in new hampshire, republican, 32%, democrats, 28%. and declared voters in new hampshire, that they make up 40% of registered voters. how are candidates appealing to that 40%? guest: that is what you are looking at if you are candidates, those undeclared voters. there are 300 $10,000 them in new hampshire. many political scientists believe that they may claim to be declared at the local ballot but when they go to vote, that they traditionally lean one way or another. -- there are 3000,000 of them in new hampshire, and declared voters. in new hampshire behalf two congressmen. we have the first and second congressional district. a second district liens dem
if you are local automobile dealer trying to sell your cars, you really have a hard time getting your ads in. it's nonstop. so you see a positive ad for the president and then a - 1. and then the same for governor romney. -- a positive ad for the president and then a negative ad, and then the same for governor romney. it can get confusing. i'm sure voters are confused to some degree at. this at host: when you look at party registration in new hampshire, republican, 32%, democrats, 28%. and...
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you can do that here locally. and you protect the funds and to allow local leaders to make decisions about how those funds are used. that is the best. >> my son carter and my son micah both go to public school. and the kind of testing that is required today is not helpful to their teacher to be able to tailor construction to them individually. in addition, it is a great public school. it was -- it did not beat ayp, as it did three things incredibly well and one thing not to standard. that has simply labeled our children and our schools and not helped our teachers either. >> we will move to the program where congressman, you get to ask a question of representative wilson. you have 30 seconds to ask that question. rep wilson, you have one minute and 15 seconds to respond. representative-a, you have 30 seconds to rebut. -- , -- rep heinrich, you have 30 seconds to rebut. >> and as someone who came here undocumented, unbeknownst to them when they were three months of age, those are the dreamers, those are the kids tha
you can do that here locally. and you protect the funds and to allow local leaders to make decisions about how those funds are used. that is the best. >> my son carter and my son micah both go to public school. and the kind of testing that is required today is not helpful to their teacher to be able to tailor construction to them individually. in addition, it is a great public school. it was -- it did not beat ayp, as it did three things incredibly well and one thing not to standard. that...
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federal government is working effectively with the state and local dwovements. it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously, listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as the mayor social security anything they need, we will be there. and we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. we want to make sure we are anticipated and looking forward to making sure we've got the best possible response to what is going to be a big and mess si system. craig would i like to add something? >> it's going to come down to people taking those evacuation measures. go online and get instructions. check on your neighbors. this is a big storm. we need to be there for each other. >> ready dot gove for the general public if you need to know how to respond you can get centralized information. in times like this one of the things american do is pull together and we help out one another. so there may be elderly in your area, check on your neighbor
federal government is working effectively with the state and local dwovements. it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously, listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as the mayor social security anything they need, we will be there. and we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. we want to make sure we are anticipated and looking forward to making...
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you can come to our local office. the can help you get engaged in this election. you need to be our messengers. we need you. this is it. it is game time. we all know how much of a competitor the president is. i played basketball with him. he hates to lose. the ground game is where he needs to be to win the election. no one wants to wake up and think what if i could have done a little bit more. what i did that watched every extra inning of the playoff game or i did not what every college football game on saturday? president obama is counting on you. students who cannot afford college education are counting on you. the senior said cannot afford to buy their life-saving prescriptions without obama are counting on us. the middle class families are working hard every day to put food on the kitchen table. they are counting on us. i know you will help us finish the change that we started in 2008. thank you, everyone. we appreciate you being here. [applause] for everyone, thank you for being here. now we have work to do. now we have to finish the job you have no excuse. y
you can come to our local office. the can help you get engaged in this election. you need to be our messengers. we need you. this is it. it is game time. we all know how much of a competitor the president is. i played basketball with him. he hates to lose. the ground game is where he needs to be to win the election. no one wants to wake up and think what if i could have done a little bit more. what i did that watched every extra inning of the playoff game or i did not what every college...
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you have to have local capacity to deal with these kind of impunities. and it's going to take time which i don't have a clear answer for your question. the international committee can encourage them and help them set up the course and systems to be able to deal with this but it does take time. and i don't see it happening tomorrow. but i.c.c. is aware of this situation particularly in the case of some of the prominent ones. i'm not sure what the view will be on . this and we face a situation in kenya where you have institutions before the i.c.c. but there were thousands or hundreds involved in the masacre and the displacement of the 650,000 or the 100 who were kilt. and we've been prussing for five years they set up a local try bunele to deal with all of this. before we do -- if i may say one word on libya again because i think it's important. lots of people go around saying that the attempt to mediate in syria, my atevert to mediate in syria gave assad more time to kill people. i've never had such a piece of unmitigated nonsense. honestly it in effect i
you have to have local capacity to deal with these kind of impunities. and it's going to take time which i don't have a clear answer for your question. the international committee can encourage them and help them set up the course and systems to be able to deal with this but it does take time. and i don't see it happening tomorrow. but i.c.c. is aware of this situation particularly in the case of some of the prominent ones. i'm not sure what the view will be on . this and we face a situation in...
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we agreed to conitnue working closely to address regional and local security challenges. in order to meet the demands for security cooperation and the areas of space in cyberspace, and the two countries concluded the terms of reference on military space cooperation based on which will form a body for cooperation and further promote cyber cooperation among the agency. let me conclude by expressing my credits to buy the hospitality -- my gratitude of the hospitality of secretary panetta. this year is an opportunity to strengthen the republic of korean. the cree and united states will -- south korea and the united states will continue to work more closely sell our alliance will go well into the future. thank you. [inaudible] >> i was wondering if the us government is considering any type of plan to deploy troops in case of north korean provocation? what extent the government planning? after the announcement, lawmakers and south korea raise speculations that washington wants them to join the missile defense. he tell the u.s. government's -- can you tell us the u.s. government
we agreed to conitnue working closely to address regional and local security challenges. in order to meet the demands for security cooperation and the areas of space in cyberspace, and the two countries concluded the terms of reference on military space cooperation based on which will form a body for cooperation and further promote cyber cooperation among the agency. let me conclude by expressing my credits to buy the hospitality -- my gratitude of the hospitality of secretary panetta. this...
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federal government is working effectively with the state and local governments. it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously, listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as the mayor social >> ready.gov for the general public if you need to know how to respond you can get centralized information. in times like this one of the things american do is pull together and we help out one another. so there may be elderly in your area, check on your neighbor and friend and make sure they're prepared. if we do, we're going to get through this storm just fine. we have to be vigilant. don't anticipate just because the immediate storm has passed we're not going to have potential problems in some of these communities going forward through the week. we're going to have to take a look. >> our road to the white house coverage continues tomorrow when vice president biden and bill clinton speak at a rally in ohio. see it live on c-span. >> former first lady laura bush spoke for mitt romney
federal government is working effectively with the state and local governments. it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously, listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as the mayor social >> ready.gov for the general public if you need to know how to respond you can get centralized information. in times like this one of the things american do is pull together and we help out one another. so...
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the local issues. the old m.t.a., the clearances, the roads, and the grading of the railroad is much lower because it originally was not a passenger idea. it was a freight idea. most of the railroads came up the, riverbeds where the factories were. because they could dump their fluids. they could get the water and pollute the river. transportation wise is like two different countries. guest: the question about reliability and the frequency of some facilities era -- and services. i do not know whether you are talking about particularly a local system. connecticut transit is much much too fragmented. i'm sorry to say that when i was commissioner did not try harder to consolidate the system at, as they do in new jersey, so you essentially have a single provider. it helps to keep the facilities open, like you mentioned. in those eastern states, in many ways they were passenger rail in many cases. not all, by any means. there was a mix of passenger and freight. if you use metro-north to go into new york, so
the local issues. the old m.t.a., the clearances, the roads, and the grading of the railroad is much lower because it originally was not a passenger idea. it was a freight idea. most of the railroads came up the, riverbeds where the factories were. because they could dump their fluids. they could get the water and pollute the river. transportation wise is like two different countries. guest: the question about reliability and the frequency of some facilities era -- and services. i do not know...
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he brought a pizza to a local group in virginia. the president was making a few phone calls to thank volunteers for working on his reelection campaign. >> thank you, guys. hello, everybody. all right. >> nice to meet you. i am from kentucky. >> where are you from? i like that. are you having fun? >> i am from williamsburg. >> washington d.c., nice to meet you. >> everybody is so serious. i like this. >> do not forget to dial 1. >> this is old school. >> i remember what this is like. who are we calling? i am calling for volunteers. we have got a list for you right here. these are all folks that are working out of this office. >> working hard. i will make my call. hi, griselda. hi, this is barack obama, can you hear me? i wanted to call and say thank you. i am over at the williamsburg office. i know you have been working so hard for the campaign. i just wanted to say how much i appreciate it. well, it means so much to me. i understand that you will be installed as a pastor at trinity baptist church. congratulations. that is a big deal
he brought a pizza to a local group in virginia. the president was making a few phone calls to thank volunteers for working on his reelection campaign. >> thank you, guys. hello, everybody. all right. >> nice to meet you. i am from kentucky. >> where are you from? i like that. are you having fun? >> i am from williamsburg. >> washington d.c., nice to meet you. >> everybody is so serious. i like this. >> do not forget to dial 1. >> this is old...
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local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic six researchers, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. the protection of our nation's diplomats, embassies and consulates, and the work produced there is deserving of the time and treasure invested. i am glad to further discuss my expenses and hope it provides beneficial to the committee, the state department, and my final ds agents -- fellow ds agents. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. may god bless our country as we work toward peace in a contentious world. i stand ready to answer any questions you might have of me. >> thank you. ms. lamb. could you turn on your mike, please? that's all right, your
local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic six researchers, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily...
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>> buthe individuals we trained were local libyans. the sst participated in training some of those individuals, but the caliber and quality was subject. i can see where they're dealing with numbers on this end of the table, adding up numbers on a piece of paper. i think it reflects in this description of the benghazi compound not being accurate and the fact that the security that was there had to sleep with their weapons, with secured communications. they did not have the complete understanding of how difficult it was or failed to recognize that. >> your response that there needs to be something where these professionals are replaced by locals who are not sufficiently trained to do the work? >> this is the same model we used and it has been very successful. >> did you take any time to listen to the reports coming up during the time the events were getting worse? not the same model, but was there specific attention paid to the events in country? >> yes. at the same time, post reduced their travel policy. instead of moving with full moto
>> buthe individuals we trained were local libyans. the sst participated in training some of those individuals, but the caliber and quality was subject. i can see where they're dealing with numbers on this end of the table, adding up numbers on a piece of paper. i think it reflects in this description of the benghazi compound not being accurate and the fact that the security that was there had to sleep with their weapons, with secured communications. they did not have the complete...
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we have part -- we have had local elections. when she did the voting rolls this year, she noticed that she had mark several of the people who had died a small town. she sent it in that these people are deceived and can be taken off the rolls. the next cycle there were still on there. i met in this a problem across the nation. what is the back of the doubt about this? a key you've identified problem. states don't have tools adequate to be able to identify people who died. it is difficult to match john doe from the voter list to a john doe from a death list. even if the magic name and birthday, that is still not sufficient. there is a more significant challenge in smaller areas where you actually know the people. in urban areas with large populations, l.a. county runs elections for the county and they are larger than all but seven states. it would be impossible to know this information so the states in a better tool to match it data much more confidently across multiple sources. they will get much higher quality data when someone
we have part -- we have had local elections. when she did the voting rolls this year, she noticed that she had mark several of the people who had died a small town. she sent it in that these people are deceived and can be taken off the rolls. the next cycle there were still on there. i met in this a problem across the nation. what is the back of the doubt about this? a key you've identified problem. states don't have tools adequate to be able to identify people who died. it is difficult to...
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and david, i would guess but some of the voted democrat locally for your local elections. that is an important demographic. the president does well among -- north of the 1-4 corridor, a lot of world democrats, who historically vote republican, and vote more democrat down the ticket. that is important for the president. he can hold his own against th them he will win the debate. host: here is a tweet, do we want to reelect obama only to impeach and remove him for the benghazi cover-up? there's news this morning there were official e-mails to the white house saying there was a militant group responsible for that attack. do you think displays in the state of florida? guest: not really. first of all, the president did extremely well. i would be the first to admit he did not do very well in the first debate. is done well in the second two. what you saw in the debate on foreign policy was the ever- changing mitt romney, the etch a sketch mitt romney, changing. two weeks prior he said -- i thought he said he likes the timeline in afghanistan and we have to get out quickly. at the
and david, i would guess but some of the voted democrat locally for your local elections. that is an important demographic. the president does well among -- north of the 1-4 corridor, a lot of world democrats, who historically vote republican, and vote more democrat down the ticket. that is important for the president. he can hold his own against th them he will win the debate. host: here is a tweet, do we want to reelect obama only to impeach and remove him for the benghazi cover-up? there's...
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obviously this is a federal, state, and local efforts. the first thing i want to do is thank everybody who has been involved in the rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list, i have to say governor christie, throughout the process, has been responsive, he has been aggressive in making sure the state got out in front of this incredible storm and i think the people of new jersey recognize he has put his heart and soul in making sure the people of new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. i want to thank him for his leadership and partnership. i want to thank the congressional delegation because part of the reason we are able to respond quickly is because they help make sure fema financing was in place. we are appreciative of those efforts. i want to thank craig fugate. sometimes people think fema, not the people behind it but craig lives and breathes this stuff, may shrink -- making sure we're providing help. i want to thank all of the personal responders who have been involved in this process, the firefighters, the folks w
obviously this is a federal, state, and local efforts. the first thing i want to do is thank everybody who has been involved in the rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list, i have to say governor christie, throughout the process, has been responsive, he has been aggressive in making sure the state got out in front of this incredible storm and i think the people of new jersey recognize he has put his heart and soul in making sure the people of new jersey bounce back even stronger than...
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listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. the more you follow the instructions, the more they can deal with situation. next obviously i want to talk about the extraordinary hardship seen over the past 48 hours. our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families to of lost loved ones. unfortunately there have been fatalities as a consequence of hurricane sandy, and it's not clear that we have counted up all the fatalities at this point. obviously this is something that is heartbreaking for the entire nation, and we certainly feel profoundly for the families who have been uprooted and will be going through some very tough times over the next several days, perhaps weeks and months. the most important message i have for them is that america is waiting. -- with you. we are standing behind you, and we will do everything we can to help you get back on your feet. earlier today i had a conversation with the governors, and many of the mayors in the affected areas, including governor christie, cuomo, and bloomberg. want to praise them
listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. the more you follow the instructions, the more they can deal with situation. next obviously i want to talk about the extraordinary hardship seen over the past 48 hours. our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families to of lost loved ones. unfortunately there have been fatalities as a consequence of hurricane sandy, and it's not clear that we have counted up all the fatalities at this point. obviously this is something that is...
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the local paper reported another affair. this is a race were a couple of timely documented dumps have made which should be a competitive contest into something that is actually a close race. host: what about this presidential election? what could be that already happened be an october surprise? guest: will seen it to game changing moments. one mitt romney a's video about the 47% -- his comment back in may, when that video came out, republicans across the country saw their poll numbers drop almost overnight. it had people really scared the democratic wave would develop. and because it was so damaging, it went straight to the heart of a the worst characters of the republican party that really cause a dramatic change, not only in the down about races, but also in the presidential contest. it got so far apart for a little bit that it looked like some of the outside groups might decide to give up on mitt romney's chances and work as fortifying the republican base. and then president obama decided to not through his first debate i
the local paper reported another affair. this is a race were a couple of timely documented dumps have made which should be a competitive contest into something that is actually a close race. host: what about this presidential election? what could be that already happened be an october surprise? guest: will seen it to game changing moments. one mitt romney a's video about the 47% -- his comment back in may, when that video came out, republicans across the country saw their poll numbers drop...
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>> i said i am focused on the local and i start with the local. i see the world as this district -- with teachers. i see my job much as i would on the first day of school. i would look at these counties as 39 entities and would make sure that they all maximize their potential. i have laid out my plan for layers of economic opportunity. i carry a football with me to create another level of the bio- economy, within 10-15 miles of small towns. >> many wonder about the football? >> it is made of soybeans. and most cars are from detroit and the seats are made of this. with plastic bottles or using this to create asphalt. we can make that within 10-15 miles. >> in 2013-2014, what will stimulate the economy? >> i introduced the first piece of legislation for biodiesel and represent the biggest renewable energy. government has to get out of the way so entrepreneurs can have their way. what the government needs to do is have a low, stable, predictable tax rate. we have to lower our regulation burden. when i was in business, 43 agencies regulated my trade.
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local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic security service, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. the protection of our nation's diplomats, embassies and consulates, and the work produced there is deserving of the time and treasure invested. i am glad to further discuss my expenses and hope it provides beneficial to the committee, the state department, and my fellow ds agents. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. may god bless our country as we work toward peace in a contentious world. i stand ready to answer any questions you might have of me. >> thank you. ms. lamb. could you turn on your mic, please? that's all right, your first time. >> by
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by and large it should be local. the more local the better. an interesting phenomenon. small towns have good schools, big cities have terrible schools. the best people in a small town will serve on the school board. you get into big cities, it's political patronage, stepping stones. you get the job, you gave your relatives the janitors jobs at $57,000 a year, more than the teachers make and with luck they clean the cafeteria once a week. now, you're paying for that. those schools belong to you. and we put up with that. now as long as you put up with that that's what you're going to get. and these folks are just dividing up 199 billion bucks the children get lost. if i could wish for one thing for great public school's it'd be a strong family unit in every home. nothing will ever replace that. you say, well, gee, what are you going to do about that. well, the white house is a bully pulpit and i think we ought to be pounding on the table every day. there's nothing -- the most efficient unit of government the world will ever know is a strong loving family unit. next thing,
by and large it should be local. the more local the better. an interesting phenomenon. small towns have good schools, big cities have terrible schools. the best people in a small town will serve on the school board. you get into big cities, it's political patronage, stepping stones. you get the job, you gave your relatives the janitors jobs at $57,000 a year, more than the teachers make and with luck they clean the cafeteria once a week. now, you're paying for that. those schools belong to you....
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we fund the local hospitals, i fought for funding for the local hospitals. i know what that means. >> thank you. >> do you think the government has a responsibility to provide access to care for people we're adding to medicare? and if so, how to we do that? >> well, medicaid has been a social safety net we've had for many years and i think we need to continue to honor that commitment. if you look right now, medicaid is another one of those entitlements careening toward insolvency. harry reid and the democrats in the senate are doing nothing to step up and solve that problem and preserve medicare. we need leadership there. beyond that, how do you deal with low income texans who earn too much income to qualify for medicaid and yet not enough income to be able to purchase health insurance themselves? i think the answer are free market reforms, in particular, allow individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines. if we create a 50-state national market, what that will mean is that texans will have available to them a lot more low cost catastrophic he
we fund the local hospitals, i fought for funding for the local hospitals. i know what that means. >> thank you. >> do you think the government has a responsibility to provide access to care for people we're adding to medicare? and if so, how to we do that? >> well, medicaid has been a social safety net we've had for many years and i think we need to continue to honor that commitment. if you look right now, medicaid is another one of those entitlements careening toward...
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we fund the local hospitals, i fought for funding for the local hospitals. i know what that means. >> thank you. >> do you think the government has a responsibility to provide access to care for people we're adding to medicare? and if so, how to we do that? >> well, medicaid has been a social safety net we've had for many years and i think we need to continue to honor that commitment. if you look right now, medicaid is another one of those entitlements careening toward insolvency. harry reid and the democrats in the senate are doing nothing to step up and solve that problem and preserve medicare. we need leadership there. beyond that, how do you deal with low income texans who earn too much income to qualify for medicaid and yet not enough income to be able to purchase health insurance themselves? i think the answer are free market reforms, in particular, allow individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines. if we create a 50-state national market, what that will mean is that texans will have available to them a lot more low cost catastrophic he
we fund the local hospitals, i fought for funding for the local hospitals. i know what that means. >> thank you. >> do you think the government has a responsibility to provide access to care for people we're adding to medicare? and if so, how to we do that? >> well, medicaid has been a social safety net we've had for many years and i think we need to continue to honor that commitment. if you look right now, medicaid is another one of those entitlements careening toward...
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and local -- it's not enough to leave it up to the local school districts. they're not able to do it and our future depends upon it. look, we're in an information ag our ecom future depends upon whether or not our children are going to t the kind of education that lets them go on to college. and again, i want to make it possible for all middle-class families to send their kids to college and more pell grants for those who are in the lower income groups also, and then i want to make sure that we have job training on top of that and lifelong learning, but it all starts with the public school teachers. my proposal gives $10,000 hiring bonuses for those teachers who are -- who get certified to teach in the areas where they're most needed. now, accountability, we basically agree on accountability. my plan requires testing of all students. itlso requires something that governor bush's plan doesn't. it requis testing of all new teachers, including in the subjects that they teach. we have to sta treating teachers like the professionals that they are, and give them t
and local -- it's not enough to leave it up to the local school districts. they're not able to do it and our future depends upon it. look, we're in an information ag our ecom future depends upon whether or not our children are going to t the kind of education that lets them go on to college. and again, i want to make it possible for all middle-class families to send their kids to college and more pell grants for those who are in the lower income groups also, and then i want to make sure that we...
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i was willing to stand on the basis of principle the education needs to be local. what makes the best education is when you have a mom and dad that loves their kid and puts a high priority on education. with that kind of formula, education can work well for people. i support the freedom for people to choose the kind of education that they want. i do not believe the answers to fixing our schools in missouri havcan be helped in any way with a large bureaucracy of the federal government. people could save money by getting rid of a lot of the education bureaucracy. it does not contribute to our education. thank you. >> ms. mccaskill, your response. >> i am grateful for my public education. i graduated from the university of missouri. it has allowed me to be the person that i am today. our country allows us to be that city on the hill. congressman akin has been clear that he wants a program and completely out of education. no more department of education. no more school lunch program. what is harder to understand is that he wants to do away with pell grants and all stud
i was willing to stand on the basis of principle the education needs to be local. what makes the best education is when you have a mom and dad that loves their kid and puts a high priority on education. with that kind of formula, education can work well for people. i support the freedom for people to choose the kind of education that they want. i do not believe the answers to fixing our schools in missouri havcan be helped in any way with a large bureaucracy of the federal government. people...
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i do not want to say that nothing has been done, because scott can tell this -- at the local level. the local watchdog is hurting around the country, but at the national level i do not know that a so much the case that we are not able to be vigilant anymore. i think vigilance is taking a different form. it is taking the form of more collaborative efforts, where people are working together to produce really in-depth stories that are hard hitting and take that watchdog role. it is happening in other mediums. a lot of documentary filmmaking is becoming investigative and there's more support and acknowledgment for that. if you look at the numbers over time, more newspapers do not exist, a lot of reporters have lost their jobs, that is true, you cannot deny it, but i went to the investigative reporting conference this year and there were 1500 people there, one of the largest turnouts ever. people are still doing work, doing it in different ways. the money is always hard to come by. it may be harder, but we also have wider means of distribution. it is hard to say -- there is no clear cost
i do not want to say that nothing has been done, because scott can tell this -- at the local level. the local watchdog is hurting around the country, but at the national level i do not know that a so much the case that we are not able to be vigilant anymore. i think vigilance is taking a different form. it is taking the form of more collaborative efforts, where people are working together to produce really in-depth stories that are hard hitting and take that watchdog role. it is happening in...
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what is the biggest proposal you have congress or with local businesses to create jobs in our congressional district? >> the most important thing is how we are going to get stability and certainty but tax and regulatory policies. small community banks are suffering from the unintended consequences of the dodd-frank. ford is number one for foreclosures. st. lucie county is in the top two of the counties in florida. >> what is your solution for your district to create jobs -- not about policies that have failed or succeeded in the past. what are you doing? >> connors miss west is great in blaming people people. -- congressman west is great at blaming people. i have created jobs. the first thing i would like to push forward is a piece of legislation that allows businesses to expensed 100% of their investment in the first year. this is something that came out of the jobs bill, and it incentivized companies to invest. companies are sitting on cash and they are not investing in. we need to incentivize them to do that. >> how about repatriation? one of the things we have been talking about this fo
what is the biggest proposal you have congress or with local businesses to create jobs in our congressional district? >> the most important thing is how we are going to get stability and certainty but tax and regulatory policies. small community banks are suffering from the unintended consequences of the dodd-frank. ford is number one for foreclosures. st. lucie county is in the top two of the counties in florida. >> what is your solution for your district to create jobs -- not...
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this should be something that gets ferreted out at the local level, at the state level, not at the national level. there are only a couple voices being heard here, and it is tweedle dee and it is tweedle dum. it is two candidates talking about who is going to spend so much medicare, when you and i put in three times more than what you get out. it is not sustainable. yet, it is indicative of our federal government today, which is on an unsustainable path, the results of with are going to be an monetary collapse unless we actually bring this under control. as a third party candidate i have been given the opportunity here to make the case that's not being made by either of the two major candidates. >> thank you, governor. quheers cheers [applause] >> a lot of people asked me why i would consent to do this. one, i like moderating, and two, i like asking questions, even though i didn't ask these questions. they were submitted. and three, i think these people deserve a lot of credit for coming forward. it is easy to sit back and watch. they are counting today, and they deserve to be heard. [appla
this should be something that gets ferreted out at the local level, at the state level, not at the national level. there are only a couple voices being heard here, and it is tweedle dee and it is tweedle dum. it is two candidates talking about who is going to spend so much medicare, when you and i put in three times more than what you get out. it is not sustainable. yet, it is indicative of our federal government today, which is on an unsustainable path, the results of with are going to be an...
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to put this in perspective, this is the only data we can provide at the local level. can get this in a state level, and metropolitan area level as well as a county level. this is the only data we can say at a lower level. host: generally you see some states showing signs of growth and some states just showing their early signs of growth? guest: correct. and the you can see that from the chart. you can see where there were increases and decreases. whether there were large or small. host: if you want to go to our homepage, we provided the data. but if you want to look and the kind of makes sense for yourself, that is the purpose of this segment. taking a look and trying to make sense of it. new mexico, joseph. hello. caller: this is a perfect segue, the chart she was just showing. obviously new mexico, we have lost a whole industry and construction. which means, that is a lot of entry-level positions, especially coming out of high school. i see so many kids, 19, 20, 21 that are coming out of high school, they cannot even get a part-time job and they are homeless. if we
to put this in perspective, this is the only data we can provide at the local level. can get this in a state level, and metropolitan area level as well as a county level. this is the only data we can say at a lower level. host: generally you see some states showing signs of growth and some states just showing their early signs of growth? guest: correct. and the you can see that from the chart. you can see where there were increases and decreases. whether there were large or small. host: if you...
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>> i said i am focused on the local and i start with the local. i see the world as this district -- with teachers. i see my job much as i would on the first day of school. i would look at these counties as 39 entities and would make sure that they all maximize their potential. i have laid out my plan for layers of economic opp ortunity. i carry a football with me to create another level of the bio- economy, within 10-15 miles of small towns. >> many wonder about the football? >> it is made of soybeans. and most cars are from detroit and the seats are made of this. with plastic bottles or using this to create asphalt. we can make that within 10-15 miles. >> in 2013-2014, what will stimulate the economy? >> i introduced the first piece of legislation for biodiesel and represent the biggest renewable energy. out ofent has to ge tout oet the way so entrepreneurs can have their way. what the government needs to do is have a low, stable, predictable tax rate. we have to lower our regulation burden. when i was in business, 43 agencies regulated my trade.
>> i said i am focused on the local and i start with the local. i see the world as this district -- with teachers. i see my job much as i would on the first day of school. i would look at these counties as 39 entities and would make sure that they all maximize their potential. i have laid out my plan for layers of economic opp ortunity. i carry a football with me to create another level of the bio- economy, within 10-15 miles of small towns. >> many wonder about the football?...
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the democrats went through the state in 2006 and 2008, what we called the iraq war alexian, local ratings for president bush. 2008, the recession election, then 20 can they swept back into control of the governorship and both houses of the state -- in 2012 republicans swept back into the governorship and both houses. the biggest edge -- the biggest at any party has had since the 1950's. senator toomey, former congressman now senator, elected as well. the governor elected by 9%. statewide elections -- we have three statewide offices for election -- auditor general, attorney general, state treasurer. we often have split winners. this means the state could go for obama as it did in 2008 but elect a republican attorney general, as it did. that is not uncommon. pennsylvania, despite the fact that we are seen more straight party voting in the last three elections, last ticket splitting, they will split tickets and elected democrat or republican statewide in a very competitive state despite the fact that pennsylvania has now five times one democratic in presidential elections. host: your electio
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or do you see some type of difference between local taxes? >> my role as county executive is very different. as county executive, i am required to have a balanced budget. i took over a county that was effectively bankrupt. when you looked at the fact we had no money in the bank, medicaid goes up $6 million a year, we have no control over pensions, no control over the amount of sales tax, no control over the value of our real estate. a county executive has to manage playing the cards he is dealt. and being honest with the voters. we're going to have a very small property tax increase to get us going in the right direction. the next three years, no tax increases. i had a four-year plan that was approved by the fiscal stability authority. i took over a mess and i had to be honest with the tax payers. i guess i am out of time. >> is there a situation you could see where you get to washington and look at the situation when it comes to deficit reduction and be able to say, the reality here is that tax increases have to be a part of this discussion?
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you do see things happening at a state and local level. new york is trying to do at the state level what is not being done at the federal level. chicago, rahm emanuel and the next -- in the last six months announce an infrastructure project to bring in private money sitting on the sidelines. that is a very good example of what is being done. the u.s. is losing ground in infrastructure. the governments do not have an awful lot of money now, so if you are waiting and relying on government appropriations and government borrowing for infrastructure investment, that is not the best way forward in the current environment. a couple other things of low hanging few -- low hanging fruit. if you go around the world, every major country has a national effort to attract foreign investment. our share of foreign investment has plummeted. we of not lost it all to china. but we have lost a lot of ground. the u.s. is last in terms of the effectiveness of our promotion efforts. we have to get out there and sell ourselves to the world. the assumption for year
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we can do so in a way that marshalls our forces, that provides real support for local law enforcement officers, do it in a way which will bring down violence in this nation, will help our youngsters to stay away from drugs, will stop this avalanche of drugs pouring into the country and will make it possible for our kids and our family to grow up in safe, secure, and decent neighborhoods. >> mr. vice president, your one-minute rebutal. >> a lot of what this campaign is about it seems to me, mr. bernie is a question of values. here i have on this particular question a big difference with my opponent. you see, i do believe that some crimes are so heinous, so brew that, so outrageous and i would say particularly those that result in the death of a police officer. say when those real brutal crimes i do believe in the death penalty. and i think it is a deterrent. and i believe we need it. and i'm glad that the congress moved on this drug bill and finally called for all that related to these narcotics drug king pens. and so we just have an honest difference of opinion. i support it. and he d
we can do so in a way that marshalls our forces, that provides real support for local law enforcement officers, do it in a way which will bring down violence in this nation, will help our youngsters to stay away from drugs, will stop this avalanche of drugs pouring into the country and will make it possible for our kids and our family to grow up in safe, secure, and decent neighborhoods. >> mr. vice president, your one-minute rebutal. >> a lot of what this campaign is about it seems...
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the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps it's time we knowledge that women are no more homogenous in voting that are other suburbs of society. and here is another one. why do democrats want to divide americans in the groups against each other anyway? here is another call. caller: with all of this information over the years telling people which way things are going with polls, which those are strictly surveys and are unreliable. i am just wondering, how does the working man c'mon -- the working man, which is 97%, come up with a winner? tricky dick.ted fo
the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps...
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i think all local and state political ads are much more effective. host: other any candidates whose local ads in virginia that were affected? caller: right now, i'm not going off the political ads. i am one tried to look at their records and look at the issues. i'm still trying to figure out who a lot of them are. i think the political ads for state and local are more affected than than presidential adds. people are pretty sure who they will already vote for. host: a comment from twitter -- let's look in the ad for may mitt romney pac - >> for 8% unemployment is fine and millions of americans have simply given up, where our children will grow up under the weight of crushing debt in a world where america is no longer the leader and we are told we are going forward even as we fall further behind. this is the new normal. this is president obama's economy. demand better, restore our future. host:pro-romney pac ad. we have a democrat next. are you with us? you are on the air. caller: i think one of the problems is that what -- a lot of the as to not tell
i think all local and state political ads are much more effective. host: other any candidates whose local ads in virginia that were affected? caller: right now, i'm not going off the political ads. i am one tried to look at their records and look at the issues. i'm still trying to figure out who a lot of them are. i think the political ads for state and local are more affected than than presidential adds. people are pretty sure who they will already vote for. host: a comment from twitter --...
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you lose jobs let schools and at local government. that is the real cost of what his policies are bringing out by supporting bureaucrats in washington. one neighbor at a time, you've got two avenues to take. one is a government solution of believes government can bring you a job. and me, who believes we can revitalize and reenergize and renew the enthusiasm for montana if we can get government out of the way in our regulatory policy and in our industries. it is not just the businesses that will turn things around. it is those who will -- to work for those businesses who will help to create better opportunities for ourselves, our children, our businesses. i look people in the eye as i travel a run montana and i do not see statistics. we do not necessarily want to talk about the unemployment rate statewide. there are 56 counties with 56 cultures and histories and their own desire for their own future. and in liberty county and might be agriculture. in lincoln county might be timber. in eastern montana it might be oil and gas and coal. i
you lose jobs let schools and at local government. that is the real cost of what his policies are bringing out by supporting bureaucrats in washington. one neighbor at a time, you've got two avenues to take. one is a government solution of believes government can bring you a job. and me, who believes we can revitalize and reenergize and renew the enthusiasm for montana if we can get government out of the way in our regulatory policy and in our industries. it is not just the businesses that will...
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understand local technology. rather than bidding on everything, it shot blocked by fire trucks and wilmington bought one, they were all going out to bid -- if charlotte bought 5 fire trucks and wilmington bought one, there were all going out to bid. i am all about looking at the inefficiencies of government. that is the first thing i would do what i had my cabinet members in. let's talk about how we find efficiencies and put them on paper. i want you to sign a contract on how we are going to make us more efficient. we will hold you to that contract. that is the way we develop efficiency in our state government. >> a question about leadership. many polls indicate voters do not have confidence in either party to get things done. if you are elected and the opposition party is in control of the legislature, how can you deal with -- what did you say to voters to say this will not be a rubber stamp administration? >> you lead by example. three times what i was in the north carolina senate and as lieutenant governor, i
understand local technology. rather than bidding on everything, it shot blocked by fire trucks and wilmington bought one, they were all going out to bid -- if charlotte bought 5 fire trucks and wilmington bought one, there were all going out to bid. i am all about looking at the inefficiencies of government. that is the first thing i would do what i had my cabinet members in. let's talk about how we find efficiencies and put them on paper. i want you to sign a contract on how we are going to...
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watch and engage with live tweets from local reporters and other viewers. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us here is the author of "mismatch." welcome. joining us from new york for this discussion, courtney bowie. she is with the aclu. let me start with you. the supreme court heard a case this week dealing with affirmative action. can you give a synopsis of what happened? guest: the case pending before the accord was brought by a young lady named abigail fisher. her claim was that the university use of race in the admissions process violated her rights. our position is that of many other organizations and individuals. the university of texas has a fair process in place that expand opportunities for all people and it should be allowed to consider additional factors in addition to test scores in order to create a divorce learning environment that benefits all students -- a divorce learning environment that benefits all students. we made some technical arguments about the standard of review that was at issue, but the crux of it was that we wanted the fifth circuit's holding to
watch and engage with live tweets from local reporters and other viewers. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us here is the author of "mismatch." welcome. joining us from new york for this discussion, courtney bowie. she is with the aclu. let me start with you. the supreme court heard a case this week dealing with affirmative action. can you give a synopsis of what happened? guest: the case pending before the accord was brought by a young lady named...
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decision should be supported by local funding. i also believe in targeted aid, which is why i support a reversal of the decisions that have really destroyed local policy making for education as well as local funding and destroy the opportunity for the state to provide for targeted aid to help our cities and towns. we need full in the end, it is made by the decision makers in the city and town. >> the you have a plan to provide property tax relief to new hampshire residents? -- do you have a plan. >> i do. specifically, it is bringing economic recovery back to new hampshire. we'll have more revenue and terms of broadening the tax base. that is the way it works. looking at opportunities for us to continue to provide incentives for senior citizens to stay in their homes as well as targeting aid to help the cities and towns that don't have the ability to provide education support. >> i oppose an income or sales tax and this is a promise that i have kept in the city senate and i will continue to keep. in a recent debate last week, it w
decision should be supported by local funding. i also believe in targeted aid, which is why i support a reversal of the decisions that have really destroyed local policy making for education as well as local funding and destroy the opportunity for the state to provide for targeted aid to help our cities and towns. we need full in the end, it is made by the decision makers in the city and town. >> the you have a plan to provide property tax relief to new hampshire residents? -- do you have...
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i can think of a few we should get rid of like deductions for state and local taxes. why should the rest of the country be supporting the high tax rates of california and new york? but anyway, that's my position, not mitt romney's and he also explained in the debate, this is my general proposal. we'll argue about it. we'll talk about it. i'll take it to the democrats and we'll work it out. but even the tax policy center that claims this would be a $5 trillion tax cut for the rich has said -- has now admitted, well, we weren't calculating all the deductions that could be taken. we were just guessing which deductions he would eliminate. this is an opinion about what the result will be. well, republicans have a different opinion about the result. >> i want to open up the phone lines and invite you to join the conversation this morning. and we'll put those on the screen. you can tweet us and our email address if that's your preferred method of communication. we'll follow those in our discussion with ann coulter and will stay with us until 8:30. the new jobs numbers are ou
i can think of a few we should get rid of like deductions for state and local taxes. why should the rest of the country be supporting the high tax rates of california and new york? but anyway, that's my position, not mitt romney's and he also explained in the debate, this is my general proposal. we'll argue about it. we'll talk about it. i'll take it to the democrats and we'll work it out. but even the tax policy center that claims this would be a $5 trillion tax cut for the rich has said --...